Wednesday, April 7, 2010

F is for Funky & Fabulous

Ahh to be funky and fabulous how does one do it you ask? Well you simply get up in the morning take your shower put on your best outfit make sure your do is out of this world and then repeat these words "Today you look fabulous" the funky is always there but the fabulous... the fabulous is something we must remind ourselves of!

My actual word: Firsts

We have a ton of firsts, first loves, first drafts, first agent, first publisher, first pair of heels!!!...I'm thinking you get my point. There are plenty of firsts and all of them feel great (notice I only named positives), in the moment they are the best thing you've ever felt, you don't think you'll ever feel that great again. However I wonder do you feel great the second time around? After that wonderful first love do you find your true love and you realize that's greater? I never knew love until I met my hubby.

Is the same true for first drafts, agents & publishers? Is your first always the best or is it the feeling you always revert back to? I've only written and finished one first draft and I'll tell you the feeling is something that couldn't be matched, so for those of you who have finished more than one do you experience the same high? What about finding your agent what was the first feeling that came to mind?

NOTE: Sorry if I was unable to visit your blog last night my carpal tunnel was giving me a hard time!! Unfortunately this will be the last time until next Monday that I'll be able to comment on your blogs! Don't think the blog love has disappeared it's just on vacation! I'll still post for the A to Z challenge thanks to my iPhone but commenting won't be happening!

Re: wrist trouble - have you tried a chiropractor? I only trust certain chiropractors, ones that went to school at Palmer Chiropractic, but my chiropractor is like a miracle worker and three times now has fixed my wrists when they were so messed up I couldn't turn a doorknob. And I mean INSTANT fix. He puts the bones back in place and they automatically feel a million times better. Anyway, just a thought - a chiropractor may be able to fix instead of placate your carpal tunnel and most people don't realize that because they equate chiropractors to backs.

Firsts are powerful, but I don't think they're necessarily best. I love MJ a hundred times more than my first love, earthshaking as that was at the time. I was just excited to have my second poem published as my first - in fact I remember the joy of both, but not which of the two acceptances arrived first!

I'm currently working on finishing up the finer details of my youth fantasy novel before submitting it to some publishers.And I am also going to school for Freelance Writing. Young adult and fantasy are my genres of choice.

I was absolutely ecstatic when I finished my draft of my first manuscript. It was an incredible sense of accomplishment to finally see my dream of writing a novel come into fruition. I hope I'll be just as excited for my second manuscript!

Most of my firsts have been hard to match, but I've found that I was more excited to finish my second manuscript than my first because I knew I'd grown as a writer and it was better than what came before. That feeling has only increased with each subsequent manuscript.

Aww firsts... you know, it depends. You mentioned your husband... my first boyfriend seemed great at the time, but he does NOT compare to how wonderful my husband is. But novels... I think my first novel will always be my baby, even if I write others that I end up enjoying more.

There's nothing like your first manuscript just like there's nothing like your first love. At the same time, no creative project is ever the same as another creative project.

I struggled writing my second manuscript at first because I kept trying to capture the joy of the first. It wasn't until I realised that this was a whole different book with a whole different point that I managed to let go of that hangup and enjoy myself.

My third book is a non-fiction so I don't have any of the issues that I had with my fiction works.

My fourth project is great because I've dealt with these hangups and now I'm all into living in the moment and savouring it.

I told everyone who mattered most to me when I finished the first draft of my first novel. I've yet to experience that feeling again (stupid false starts) but I know that each completion will be a different experience because no two stories will be the same.

I'm kind of even looking forward to my first rejection letter; it'll be like a rite of passage. Sick, but true.

I love these images, and the feelings you've provoked with the "ode to firsts". I think each finished work is one of your babies, and feels just as thrilling, but that's just me. Cheers again on your finished novel!

I get that nostalgic, bittersweet sensation when I think back to my first love and my first manuscript. But then I remember how much better things are now (i.e. the man I DID end up marrying and my current WIPs) and realize they were just the stepping stones that led me to now.

I love firsts when traveling, when going to the theatre, when buying that hot outfit just out...but I love seconds when I read that fav book again and again, when I see an old friend again, when I see hub's smile at the end of the day, as bright as in the morning.